Prince Gustaf Adolf Sea formerly Prince Gustav Adolf Sea (french: Mer du Prince-Gustave-Adolphe) is a marginal sea of the

Arctic Ocean The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceans. It spans an area of approximately and is known as the coldest of all the oceans. The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) recognizes it as an ocean, a ...

located in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, and the

Inuvik Region The Inuvik Region or ''Beaufort Delta Region'' is one of five administrative regions in the Northwest Territories of Canada. According to Municipal and Community Affairs the region consists of eight communities with the regional office situate ...

, Canada.

Geography

It is situated among the islands of the Arctic Archipelago. The sea is bounded on the west by

Borden Island Borden Island is an uninhabited, low-lying island in the Queen Elizabeth Islands of northern Canada. Some features and history With an area of in size, long and wide, Borden is the List of islands by area, 171st largest island in the world, a ...

and

Mackenzie King Island Mackenzie King Island is one of the uninhabited Queen Elizabeth Islands in northern Canada. It lies north of Melville Island and south of Borden Island, and like them is divided when it comes to administration. Most of the island is in Northwes ...

, and on the east by

Ellef Ringnes Island Ellef Ringnes Island is one of the Sverdrup Islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. A member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands and Arctic Archipelago, it is located in the Arctic Ocean, east of Borden Island, and west of Amund Ringne ...

. To the south is

Lougheed Island Lougheed Island is one of the uninhabited members of the Queen Elizabeth Islands of the Arctic Archipelago in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It measures in size. It is relatively isolated compared to other Canadian Arctic islands, and is locate ...

. The sea opens into the

to the north, and into the Byam Martin Channel and

Maclean Strait Maclean Strait () is a natural waterway through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. It separates the Findlay Group (to the south-west) from Ellef Ringnes Island and King Christian Island King Christian Island is an uninh ...

to the south. The Sea was named in 1898 by

Otto Sverdrup Otto Neumann Knoph Sverdrup (31 October 1854, in Bindal, Helgeland – 26 November 1930) was a Norwegian sailor and Arctic explorer. Early and personal life He was born in Bindal as a son of farmer Ulrik Frederik Suhm Sverdrup (1833–1914) ...

after the Swedish prince (and later king)

Gustav VI Adolf Gustaf VI Adolf (Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf; 11 November 1882 – 15 September 1973) was King of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until his death in 1973. He was the eldest son of Gustaf V and his wife, Victoria of Baden. Before Gustaf Ado ...

References

{{List of seas Bodies of water of Qikiqtaaluk Region Marginal seas of the Arctic Ocean Bodies of water of the Northwest Territories Inuvik Region

Geography

See also

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